Hi-Line Boys Basketball Roundup

Some big wins and key losses set the tone for this weekend in boys Hi-Line basketball.

On Thursday the 9C Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds suffered a huge loss to Roy/Winifred, falling 71-40. The Thunderbirds held their own for the first quarter, but fell behind after being outscored 18-5 in the second. HLP was also held to just 22 second half points, while the Red Raiders scored 27 in the third quarter alone.

Scott Bradley led the Thunderbirds with 14 points while Ty Racine pitched in eight.

Friday brought several more games to the Hi-Line.

The league leading 1B Rocky Boy Stars barely outlasted the conference rival Shelby Coyotes. In a game with two overtimes, the Stars came away on top, 66-61. The contest was tight from the very beginning. The Stars held a 14-9 lead after one quarter, but held just a 25-23 lead at the half. The Stars' lead remained at two after both teams scored 14 points in the third quarter, but the Coyotes pushed for overtime in the fourth after outscoring the Stars 12-10.

In the first overtime both teams accounted for six more points each. And in the second frame of overtime, the Stars outscored the Coyotes 11-6 for the much needed conference win.

Leisin Oats posted 16 points to lead Rocky Boy and Nick Henry added 10. The Stars also got nine from Skylar LaForge and eight from Kirby LaFromboise.

The 2B Harlem Wildcats also played on Friday, but found themselves on the wrong end of dominating performance. The conference opponent Malta Mustangs defeated the Wildcats 101-63.

Devone LaSarte had 14 points followed by Brandon Hammond with 12, but it just wasn't enough to keep up with the Mustangs' 100 point barrage. Harlem trailed 29-21 after the first quarter, but a 35 point second quarter by the Mustangs put things out of reach.

Cole McCann also had 11 and Skyler Speak Thunder had eight for Harlem.

Another local squad to fall on Friday was the 10C Chester/J-I Hawks. Facing the 10C's No. 2 team, Power, the Hawks were defeated 65-55.

The Hawks were in the mix all night long, but couldn't quite overtake the Pirates.

C/J-I was outscored 19-15 in the first and 17-13 in the second. But the Hawks outscored the Pirates 15-12 in the third, but Power put the game away with 17 more in the fourth.

Lane Harmon had 17 points to lead the Hawks and Brandon Graff accounted for 10. Ryne Tyler also had nine, whiel Bryant Ceynar and Ceddy Pogue each had seven.

A handful of 9C rivalry teams faced off on Friday as well.

The Chinook Sugarbeeters and Big Sandy Pioneers went at it this weekend and it was the Beeters who came out on top. Chinook defeated the Pioneers 58-42. It was a big second half that propelled the Beeters past Big Sandy. At intermission the Pioneers held a 25-21 lead. But in the second half the Beeters outscored the Pioneers 37-17.

CJ Hanson and Colter Darlington led the Pioneers with 14 points apiece. But the Beeters proved to be too much as Tyler Erskine scored 21 and Lane Schmitt scored 16 for Chinook.

The 9C Box Elder Bears and Turner Tornadoes also met on Friday. And in this conference matchup, it was the Bears who came away with the 65-56 win.

But Turner got off to a solid start. They put up 19 points in the first quarter to take a 16-8 lead. But in a turn of events, the Bears outscored the Tornadoes 20-11 in the second quarter to take over a 28-27 lead at the half.

In the second half the Bears went on 37-29 run to lock down the win.

Travis Daniels had three treys and totaled 32 points for the Tornadoes. Levi Humphreys and Dusty Mohar also had nine points apiece.

But the Bears' Jacob parker outdid everybody with 38 points, and Jessie Ramos added 16.

On Saturday the Rocky Boy Stars returned to the court.

But this time around the Stars weren't as lucky, as they fell to Fairfield 63-55 in conference play. It was only the second conference loss of the season for the Stars, as they moved to 8-2 after the weekend's matchups.

Kirby LaFromboise led the Stars with 17 and Skylar LaForge added 14. But Oats, who averages in double digits was held to just six.

Rocky Boy fell behind 20-7 early and couldn't overcome the slow start. They added 17 in the second and 17 in the fourth, but Fairfield's 20 point fourth quarter was good enough to keep the Stars at bay.

Rocky Boy will take on Conrad on Thursday.

The 2B Harlem Wildcats suffered their second loss of the weekend on Saturday.

After a crushing loss to Malta, the Wildcats fell to the Glasgow Scotties 72-68 in another conference loss. Harlem fell to 1-6 in league play.

The Wildcats were competitive for the first half, and at the break they held a 32-28 lead. And though they kept putting points on the board in the second half, they couldn't contain the Scotties offense. Glasgow posted 19 points in the third and 26 in the fourth.

Speak Thunder totaled 22 points for the Wildcats and Travis First Raised added 15. Devone Lasarte also had 10 and McCann had eight.

Chinook grabbed its second win on Saturday.

This time around, the Beeters defeated the Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds 62-42 in another conference win. The Beeters improved to 10-0 in league play and the Thunderbirds dropped to 3-4 in league play.

In the first quarter the Beeters jumped out to a 16-8 lead and never looked back. The Thunderbirds made a run in the second half with 12 in the third and 13 points in the fourth, but it wasn't enough as they suffered their second loss of the weekend.

Chinook was led by Erskine with 22 and Grant Tilleman with 15. And Schmitt added 12 in the win. The Thunderbirds were led by Floyd McConnell with nine and Trent Kirkaldie with eight. Scott Bradley also added seven.

Big Sandy earned a win on Saturday, but it came at the hands of Turner, their second loss of the weekend. The Pioneers defeated the Tornadoes 91-45.

The Pioneers scored nearly 20 points in each quarter, with a high of 27 in the second. And Darlington led the Pioneers with 18 points, but Bailey followed with 17 and Beck followed with 16. Stevens also had 14 for Big Sandy.

Daniels led Turner with 30 points, but didn't get much help. Alton Mathews finished with six and Humphreys had four.

The Box Elder Bears faced Heart Butte on Saturday, but fell 59-54 in a tight matchup.

The Bears took a 16-12 lead in the first quarter, but couldn't maintain the lead. In the second quarter the Warriors took the 42-26 lead after a 30 point quarter. And though the Bears outscored the Warriors 28-17 in the second half, they couldn't quite come away with the win.

Warren Parisian led the Bears with 14 points and Jacob Burns added 11. Ramos also had 11 and Parker added eight.

Thursday

Roy/Winifred 71, Hays-Lodge Pole 40

Roy/Winifred 14 18 27 14 — 71

Hays-Lodge Pole 13 5 11 11 — 40

Roy/Winifred — C. Kananen (#12) 11, J. Harrell 8, C. Kananen (#20) 13, J. Chrest 7, P. Strum 18, L. Stulc 9, L. Thompson 5. Totals: N/A.

Hays-Lodge Pole — Ty Racine 8, Scott Bradley 14, Derek Doney 4, Clifford Black Elk 1, Kyle Stanley 2, Nolan Werk 4, Tyler Roberts 2, Trent Kirkaldie 5. Totals: 17 4-9.

Friday

Rocky Boy 66, Shelby 61(2 ot)

Rocky Boy 14 11 14 10 6 11 — 66

Shelby 9 14 14 12 6 6 — 61

Rocky Boy — Leisin Oats 16, Garrett Anderson 1, Skylar LaForge 9, Shane Bacon 4, Nick Henry 10, Cody LaMere 4, Kirby LaFromboise 8. Totals: 29 8-19.

Shelby — Chase Ballantyne 20, Chase White 11, Robby Miller 4, Kellan Clark 1, Matt Alfrod 10, Jordyn Irvin 9, Dane Alford 6. Totals: 20 14-28.

Malta 101, Harlem 63

Malta 29 35 21 16 —101

Harlem 21 9 18 15 —63

Malta — Kendall Denham 6, Jake Bushman 6, Kaden Bidwell 5, Dalton Brookin 2, Landon Coston 8, Dane Stiles 12, Brett Amestoy 7, Zach Hanley 10, Kyle Boos 12, Jarvis Graham 14, Tate Carney 7, Tucker Schye 12. Totals 39 18-27.

Harlem — Skyler Speaks Thunder 8, Devone LaSarte 14, Bud Buck 2, Isiah Doney 2, Cole McCann 11, Brandon Hammond 12, Jimmy Werk 6, Michael Stiffarm 6, Travis First Raised 2. Totals 26 7-14.

Power 65, Chester/J-I 55

Power 19 17 12 17 — 65

C/J-I 15 13 15 12 — 55

Power — Nolan Vick 16, Gus Somerfeld 17, Kyle Schmidt 3, Weston Willekes 8, Paulo Giacomelli 7, Chase Laubach 4, Kyle Pederson 8, Nathaniel Chitwood 2. Totals: 20 20-31.

C/J-I — Grant Lakey 2, Ryne Tyler 9, Ceddy Pogue 7, Bryant Ceynar 7, Brandon Graff 10, Lane Harmon 17, Jeff Wanken 3. Totals: 20 12-22.

Chinook 58, Big Sandy 42

Chinook 9 12 20 17 — 58

Big Sandy 13 12 10 7 — 42

Chinook — Lane Schmitt 16, Tyler Molyneaux 5, Tayler Erskine 21, Zach Molyneaux 4, Chris Haider 3, Grant Tilleman 9. Totals: 20 14-23.

Big Sandy — CJ Hanson 14, Colter Darlington 14, Kaden Beck 1, Jesse Bailey 3, Zach Leader 5, Justin Stevens 2, JJ Allery 3. Totals: 16 7-15.

Box Elder 65, Turner 56

Turner 16 11 10 19 — 56

Box Elder 8 20 18 19 — 65

Turner — Travis Daniels 32, Alton Matthews 2, Levi Humphreys 9, Aaron Vanvalkenburg 1, Dusty Mohr 9. Totals: 19 13-20.

Box Elder — Jacob Parker 38, Jessie Ramos 16, Dakota Standing Rock 2, Jacob Burns 5. Totals: 27 9-20.

Saturday

Fairfield 63, Rocky Boy 55

Rocky Boy 7 17 14 17 – 55

Fairfield 20 12 11 20 – 63

Rocky Boy— Leisin Oats 6, Garrett Anderson 3, Skylar LaForge 14, Justin Raining Bird 2, Shane Bacon 3, Dusty Standing Rock 3, Nick Henry 5, Kirby LaFromboise 17, Darren LaFromboise 2.

Fairfield — Colby Hardin 24, Collin Allen 2, Trace Brady 17, Taylor Johnson 2, Chad Barrett 6, Bo Marris 1, Tate Pearson 11.

Glasgow 72, Harlem 68

Harlem 14 18 18 18 – 68

Glasgow 16 11 19 26 – 72

Harlem— Skyler Speaks Thunder 22, Devone Lasarte 10, James Buck 4, Travis First Raised 15, Cole McCann 8, Branden Hammond 5, Jimmy Wek 4.

Glasgow — Bryan Larson 7, Jeff Irving 6, Lane Hebert 5, Grant Legare 7, Kyle Stein 6, Chaz Gordon 12, Seth Johnson 16, Derek Hopkins 11, T.J. Synan 2

Chinook 62, Hays-Lodge Pole 42

Hays-Lodge Pole 8 9 12 13 -42

Chinook 16 17 11 18 – 62

Hays-Lodge Pole — Scott Bradley 7, D. LongFox 5, Kyle Stanley 4, Nolan Werk 4, Floyd McConnell 9, Tyler Roberts 5, Trent Kirkaldie 8.

Chinook — Lane Schmitt 12, Taylor Erskine 22, Chris Haider 7, Brandon Rishanburg 2, Kaylan Johnson 2, Grant Tilleman 15

Big Sandy 91, Turner 45

Turner 15 12 10 8 – 45

Big Sandy 22 27 19 23

Turner – Travis Daniels 30, Alton Mathews 6, Levi Humphreys 4, Aaron VanValkenburg 4, Dusty Mohar 1

Big Sandy – CJ Hanson 8, Dallas Briese 5, Kolter Darlington 18, Kaden Beck 16, Jesse Bailey 17, Justin Stevens 14, Zach Leader 8

Heart Butte 59, Box Elder 54

Box Elder 16 10 17 11 – 54

Heart Butte 12 30 5 12 – 59

Box Elder – Randall Gardipee 4, Jessie Ramos 11, Chris Lamere 6, Jacob Burns 11, Jacob Parker 8, Warren Parisian 14

Heart Butte – Kyler Eagle Speaker 16, Tony Calf Boss Ribs 2, Wyatt Skunkcap 12, Tylor Vaile 20, Jaycee Aimsback 9.